John,Dominic Wild About Transcription CD

Willowhayne Records is delighted to announce the release of international pianist Dominic John. Recorded in Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London, this album features a dazzling display of virtuosity through a broad selection of repertoire, including the rarely recorded Vaneyev transcription of Kreisler's Praeludium & Allegro to Earl Wild's Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. Dominic's artistry has won him several prizes including First Prize in the 22nd Brant International Piano Competition, British Music Society Awards, RCM Chappell Gold Medal, a Director's Golden Jubilee Award at the RCM, Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra Young Soloist Competition as well as a laureate of the Corpus Christi, USA. International Competition for Piano and Strings. Performances in the UK include the Wigmore Hall, St. John's Smith Square, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Fairfield Hall and the Barbican Hall. Overseas he has played in France, Holland, Poland, America, Korea and Japan. Dominic is on the faculty of the Junior Department at the Royal Academy of Music, London.

1. Barber: Sonata for Piano, Op. 27 2. Wild: Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess 3. Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro, Arr. Vaneyev 4. Busoni: Nine Variations on a Chopin Prelude, Bv213A 5. Ravel: Sonatine